The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1887-08-25
THE INVASION.

Since the nominating convention
held in this county July 22nd, 1887,
at which the Legislative ticket was
nominated by acelamation, Chick
asaw has been invaded by three
distinguished gentlemen, who be-
cause they are themselves bene6-
Charles Of the present extravagant
expenditures ofthe peoples money,
are inimical TO the election OF a
"Wool Hat" ticket in Chickasaw.
These gentlemen all profess to be
Democrats, but from their conduct
in Chickasaw, we apprehend they
are only Democrats when the poll
" Of the party is made to conform
to their own ideas Of propriety,
andpromotes their individual inter
ests. One Of the trio. and the last
one who has honOred the MEssEN-
GEa by his presence, and at the same
time stabbed as deep as he could
the Democracy Of a county, which
is entitle to the credit, or discredit
Of having secured to him the nomi-
nation for Governor Of Mississippi
in the Convention Of 1881, is
GOV. ROBERT LOWRY,
to whom we wish now to pay our
respects, specially.
We have never been a political
partisan of Gov. Lowry. It is un-
necessary, five had time and space,
to give the reasons that Influenced
our action. Suffice it to say, we
were not entbused over his nomi'
nation in 1881, but we were not at
that time and are not now inimical
to him, personally. And just here,
we would do him and ourselves the
Justice to say, that if anything we
have ever said or written, can be
legitimately construed into a re-
Election upon his personal integrl-
ty, we would now disclaim it.
It is no secret that we have crit
icised Gov. Lowry's administra-
ton Of State affairs for years; we
have stood on the floor Of the
Mississippi Legislature and de-
nounced his policy as weak, vacil-
ating and extravagant and defed
his friends to controvert the prop
osition; we published the "wool
hat" pamphlet more than a year
ago and distributed it throughout
the State, wherein we offered a re-
ward of 100000 to any one inside
or outside of Mississippi, who
would disprove our figures, taking
the published reports of the Audi
tor and Treasurer of the State as a
basis for calculation. But when a
Democratic State Convention had
assembled and proclaimed Robert
Lowry the standard bearer of our
grand old party, (Which, with all
its mistakes and short comings, is
the best political party ever or
ganized in these United States, J
our lips were sealed and our pen
dropped from our fingers, until the
people had ratified the action of
their representives, at the polls.
This we did, to contribute our
share in preserving the harmony
OF the party, and to manifest our
loyalty to its constituted authority.
1t was purely a matter of principle
with US, for we still had our private
opinion of Robert Lowry's unfit
ness for the high position assigned
him, but it was our duty as a Dem
ocrat to acquiesee in the decision
made by the majority.
We have alluded to our course,
to show, five can, our party fealty !;
to contrast it with the action of our
ChiefMagistrate in invading Chick
asaw county at this time and to
draw, what we believe to be a rea-
sonable deduction.
In 1885, when the Governors
first term was drawing to a close,
and he was candidate for re-elec-
tion, he was invited by Hon. J. P.
Walker one of his opponents tor
the nomination, to meet him on the
stump and discuss the issues Of the
day. Charges Of extravaganza and
inoapaeity in the administration Of
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